Possible Clues:

• Place hand for final stretch
• Not out? Not gay? One might view a post here
• Last stage of race covered in neat report
• Where one needn't bend one's efforts any more to win?
• Final stage in preparing the histogram
• Clearly trailing in final stage of race
• Horse that I'm riding ultimately falters here?
• Last part of a race
• Modify the histogram for final part of course
• Final part of detective feature getting broadcast